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    <description>AAR held that amounts deposited by shippers into an escrow account operated by the applicant for onward remittance to carriers do not constitute &quot;consideration&quot; under Section 7 of the CGST Act, as the sums never accrue to the applicant and are held purely as deposits belonging to the transacting parties. The applicant&#039;s only taxable supply is its facilitation service as an intermediary, for which it receives subscription/commission, on which it is already discharging GST. Consequently, no GST is payable on the freight amounts handled through the escrow mechanism, which are outside the scope of supply in the applicant&#039;s hands.</description>
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